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Preparing for the Digital Universityhttp://hdl.handle.net/2149/3466
Title: Preparing for the Digital University
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<br/>Authors: Siemens, George
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<br/>Abstract: Large sectors of society are digitizing, resulting in changed practices in journalism, entertainment, and business in general. Higher education is not immune to these changes. Digitization processes are well underway and the possibility of new opportunities are significant. Before we can realize these opportunities, we need to better understand the history and current state of research in openness, distance education, and blended and online learning. The research in these fields provides a firm foundation for building tomorrows open education system, one where access and quality are available to all learners.Fri, 13 Mar 2015 22:05:05 GMTOpen education down under: Some national and institutional initiatives.http://hdl.handle.net/2149/3465
Title: Open education down under: Some national and institutional initiatives.
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<br/>Authors: Bossu, Carina
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<br/>Abstract: The Open Education movement is growing and gaining importance within the higher education landscape in many developing and developed nations. Unfortunately, this does not seem the case in Australia, as there is still a limited number of Open Education initiatives and programs at higher education levels compared with other developed countries such as Canada, the US, the UK and some other European countries. This presentation will explore some of the challenges and opportunities of adopting Open Education, particularly open educational resources and open educational practices in Australia. It will also report on some of the existing Open Education initiatives in Australia, including government funding and programs, along with institutional initiatives. Finally, some of the research taking place currently in Australia and at the University of Tasmania will be presented and discussed.Fri, 13 Mar 2015 22:02:05 GMTThe Campus Alberta Open Educational Resources Initiativehttp://hdl.handle.net/2149/3464
Title: The Campus Alberta Open Educational Resources Initiative
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<br/>Authors: Welch, Janet E.
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<br/>Abstract: The Campus Alberta Open Educational Resources Initiative (AlbertaOER.com) aims to provide publicly funded post-secondary institutions in Alberta the opportunity to apply for funding to support the assembly, use, development, implementation and evaluation of Open Education Resources (OERs) to support teaching, learning and research. Dr. Welch, the project lead, will share the initiative’s progress, next steps, and how the committee ranked such a diverse response into three categories: Awareness, Development and Sustainability.Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:59:06 GMTThe Battle for Openhttp://hdl.handle.net/2149/3463
Title: The Battle for Open
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<br/>Authors: Weller, Martin
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<br/>Abstract: Open approaches in education have started to move into the mainstream, with the success of open access, MOOCs, and open scholarship approaches. After this initial success comes the period when the real direction of openness is determined. Open is now a term with commercial interest. This talk will look at some of the successes of openness in education, and explore some of the issues it now faces.Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:57:02 GMT